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Thank you for the advice. What wood would you recommend as i think they are around 450-500mm deep in places

Yes, sorry window board. (We call both the inside and the outside the sill where we live :) ) I'll be painting it so soft wood. Yes was going to put DPM down too. Thanks

Hi I live in a 1920's property with very large window reveals. What is the best wood to use for this as do not want to use MDF as it's on stone and worried about moisture from it being an older house. Thanks

Replacing a damaged UPVC window and it's an old 1920's house which has a curved lintel (like the photo) but what is the curved section called, or is it fabricated on the window itself? thanks

Thank you. I'll look into the link you provided. I'm not doing dot and dab. The right hand side is lath and plaster so it's all getting removed and then boarded on the studs. The left is having wallpaper removed and then skimmed.

Oops forgot the photo

Hi, Looking for some advice for the best approach to do the stairs and landing. I'm looking for a platform stairs method where you can safely work at the same level as the landing on the stairs. The left hand side is getting reboarded. I'm going for a tape and joint so that hopefully won't...

Ok thanks, I'll grab some of the adhensive

I'm thinking of doing this. In regards of the adhesive can you use this expanding foam as have some left over? Or would the adhesive you linked would be a better solution. https://www.toolstation.com/constructa-pro-adhesive-foam/p60449

Valliant with the flu kit. Yes i'm tempted to just get a new boiler. It's feeding 10/11 rads and 1 bathroom

Hi, Looking for some advice, Just bought a property and wanting to relocate the boiler to the utility room from a first floor bedroom. Now the boiler is a Worcester Greenstar Jnr 28i and about 12 years old. It did have a full service prior to me moving in and no issues at all. Now do i go...

Hi everyone. In the first floor bedroom I was taking up the floorboards to run pipework and noticed the remains of looks like the fireplace coming out around 6" or so. What is the best way to cover this or do you just leave it as it is? Below is one of the living rooms which has the chimney...

Hi everyone, Bit of a strange question. My boiler currently is in an upstairs bedroom and I am in the process of getting relocated downstairs in the utility room so this will then make the old flue pipe/vent currently going through the attic and out through the roof redundant. At the moment...

Hi everyone, Looking for some advice. Recently bought a property (1920's) that does need a good about of renovation and I can do a good amount of it myself (and friends help etc). I lifted the carpet/underlay in the LR today so start stripping this room out. (Walls need to be chased for new...

Thank you. I think i prefer a stud wall. So you fill the whole void with 75mm in-between the studs and then another 25mm vertical. Would a vapour barrier be needed for this before the plasterboard?

Hi, Recently moved house into a 1900's house (Semi). And the main gable wall needs to be insulated. There is also a slight bowing to the wall, this had been checked by a structural engineer prior to purchase and no issues has not moved in over 70 years. And he was perfectly happy to sign it off...

Thank you. Yes i have managed to get the cable into the switch (plasterboard walls). But the switch going up would have been my next choice if i could not get that cable in.

Thanks for the reply. So something like this would be fine? Junction box in the attic, or would it be best to take it directly from the ceiling rose? And then feed a cable to the switch in the landing, change this to a 2 gang and as above for switch 1 and switch 2 would be as below.

Hi, I'm thinking of adding a light in the loft. But would like the switch to be where the landing light switch currently is, and turn this into a 2 gang switch. Currently the landing light is a 2 way. And behind the switch it's wired up as L1 - Black (Brown tape) Blue (Brown tape) L2 - Grey...

Thank you. Yes that is what i have gone with. I have seen a few videos that have done this, would it not do anything? I will have loads of membrane left over so it won't be a cost factor. Yes i have already done that thank you.